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Color illustration with the caption "Radost' na nebe novogo manifesta radi" (Joy in Heaven Thanks to the New Manifesto) is the cover of Adskaia pochta no.1, p.[1] (cover), 1906. It depicts angels celebrating what appears to be the October Manifesto. A hand holding a scroll is depicted at the bottom of the composition, with the sun and the moon on each side of the scroll rising up over the rooftops of houses and churches. Initials "M.S." identify the author of the image. Possibly, this is a typographical error in an attempt to attribute the authorship to Dmitrii Semenovich Stelletskii. Stamped at the bottom left corner: "Khudozhestvenno-istoricheskii kabinet D.I. Kotel'nikova DIKOBRAZ" (Historical-Artistic Department of D.I. Kotel'nikov DIKOBRAZ); The key references to “joy” and the “new manifesto” in the caption to the image suggest that Stelletskii’s intention was to convey the positive reception of the October Manifesto by Russian society at the time of its issuance. Indeed, the Manifesto, in which Tsar Nicholas granted the Russian people basic civil liberties, was popularly hailed as a constitution. Yet, the publication of this picture in "Adskaia pochta" six months after the event, in May of 1906, is somewhat incongruous. This is largely because by that time the general mood of jubilation had been replaced by one of deep disappointment due to numerous violations of the liberties granted by the manifesto by the government. Moreover, it appears that in his drawing Stelletskii failed to convey the intended oppositional orientation of the journal – something that contributed to Lansere’s dissatisfaction with this issue. (See E. Lansere, letter to A. Benua, 11 May, 1906, State Russian Museum, Manuscript Section, Fond 137, ed. khr. 322, l. 24-25.) -- Oleg Minin, Ph.D. '08, USC.